Author: Vincent Goodwin

Some of My Friends Read Comics 216 – Captain Marvel (2012): In Pursuit of Flight + Earth X #3

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It’s only been about 10 years, but the Captain Marvel redesign of Carol Danvers has already become the most iconic version of the character.

With a new movie on the way, we’re looking at the first volume of Kelly Sue DeConnick’s run where the new image was introduced, titled In Pursuit of Flight.

It’s not what we expected.

At all! 

Then we continue Earth X with issue #3 and… well… at least Spider-Man is in it.

MP3: https://tinyurl.com/mrxmpx8h

Next Time: We got to the MC2 with Mayday Parker in What If #105 + Spider-Girl (1998) #1-5

Some of My Friends Read Comics 215 – Harrow County, Vol. 2 + Earth X #2

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Spooks! Haints! Evil twins! Shrek! They’re all here (except Shrek) in the second volume of Harrow County.

We all enjoyed the first volume when we read it a few years ago, so we decided to jump back in to continue the story and see more of the excellently horrific art. 

Then we continue Earth X with issue #2. Are we on board with this series yet? Will we ever be? Only time will tell.

MP3: https://tinyurl.com/4edvwj76

Next Time: Captain Marvel (2012): In Pursuit of Flight

Some of My Friends Read Comics 214 – One Piece, Vol. 1: Romance Dawn + Earth X #1

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It’s manga time!

Until now, we’ve only covered manga adaptations of video games, but we’re jumping into our first long-form manga with the wildly popular One Piece by Eichiro Oda. 

We read the first volume to figure out just who this straw hat kid is and why this book has spawned a whole media empire.

Then we get into the meat of Earth X with issue #1, in which we try to determine if Spider-Man is a cop now.

MP3: https://tinyurl.com/yc2snzaj

Next Time: Harrow County, Vol. 2: Twice Told

Some of My Friends Read Comics 213 – Swamp Thing by Alan Moore, Vol. 4 + Earth X #0

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Swamp Thing! Do you still make our heart sing?

We return to Alan Moore’s classic series with Volume 4: A Murder of Crows, which collects issues #43-50 where we get some nice redesigns of Swamp Thing’s flora.

We also tie into the Crisis and meet lots of other heroes, plus we get some more insight into what John Constantine is like.

Then we move onto our next long read with Earth X #0, which is set in the future… we think. It’s hard to tell after this introductory issue.

MP3: https://tinyurl.com/2brsa4re

Next Time: One Piece Vol. 1: Romance Dawn

Some of My Friends Read Comics 212 – Fantastic Four by Walt Simonson + Knightfall #19 (Finale)

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It’s a time travel story!

This week on the show, we’re reading some Fantastic Four from the early 90s in issues #350 & 352, written and drawn by the great Walt Simonson (don’t worry about issue #351).

We dip our toe into the FF status quo from this era to see a new Thing?

And then another new Thing?!?!

Then we move onto the finale of Knightfall in Batman #500 where our new replacement Batman has his final fight against Bane.

MP3: https://tinyurl.com/2fy6y9n5

Next Time: Saga of the Swamp Thing, Vol. 4 by Alan Moore (Swamp Thing #43-50) + Earth X #0

Some of My Friends Read Comics 211- Nightwing by Tom Taylor & Bruno Redondo + Knightfall #18

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The Eisner Awards have come again, so we thought we’d dip our toe into some modern comics with the winner of the best ongoing series, Nightwing by Tom Taylor and Bruno Redondo.

They’re a few arcs into the book at this point, so we’re starting with their first volume, Leaping into the Light, when the new creative team took over with issues #78-83.

In this episode, we will also reveal the secret to creating the perfect Eisner-award winning comic.

Then we near the end of Knightfall with chapter 18 in Detective Comics #666, in which we get a pretty great batprank on some goons.

Next Time: Fantastic Four #350-352 by Walt Simonson

MP3: https://tinyurl.com/y3akk7ma

Some of My Friends Read Comics 210 – The Simpsons/Futurama: Crossover Crisis + Knightfall #17

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Bongo Comics has been publishing Simpsons and Futurama comics for decades. With the release of the new season of Futurama, we take our first look at this corner of the comic book universe with the Simpsons/Futurama Crossover Crisis collection, compiling two different 2-issue crossover events from 2002 and 2005.

But how do these gag comics compare with some of the others that we’ve read? And will we be the next voice cast for the Groening-verse?  Kia or Chris?

The answers lie within.

And of course, we continue our long read of Knightfall with Chapter 17 in Batman #499, in which nobody bothers to tell Robin anything at all.

MP3: https://tinyurl.com/2p9bwmj6

Next Time: The Eisner Award-winning Nightwing: Leaping Into the Light by Tom Taylor & Bruce Redondo!

Some of My Friends Read Comics 209 – Captain America by Ed Brubaker, Pt. 4 + Knightfall #16

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It’s been a long time, but we’re finally getting back to some of Ed Brubaker’s run on Captain America. We’ve been building up to the big death scene… it’s gonna happen soon! We swear!

Just not in this episode. 

We read issues #18-24 where Cap takes a trip to the UK and fights a giant robot with Bucky, and then the Civil War event breaks out and we spend some time with the ensemble cast.

After that, it’s back to some more of Knightfall with Chapter 16 in Detective Comics 665, where Bruce Wayne learns he can’t fight thugs quite as well while he’s in a wheelchair.

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Next Time: The Simpsons/Futurama – Crossover Crisis!

Some of My Friends Read Comics 208 – Spider-Gwen + Knightfall #15

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It’s time to enter the Spider-Verse once again, as we revisit a world where Gwen Stacy became Spider-Woman. It’s Spider-Gwen!

We already read the introductory issue back when we covered Edge of Spider-Verse, but now we dive into the first 5 issues of the ongoing series from 2015 (before it got relaunched with a new #1 later in 2015).

Then, we get back into the main story of Knightfall with Chapter 15 in Batman #498, where Bane takes over the city while Robin & Alfred tell lies and beat up cars.

MP3: https://tinyurl.com/yfxudd34

Next Time: We’re taking a short summer vacation, but we’ll be back in 4 weeks to march toward the Death of Captain America with Captain America (2004) #18-24.

Some of My Friends Read Comics 207 – X-Men: Days of Future Past + Knightfall #14

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This show’s been going for over 200 episodes and somehow we’ve never covered Days of Future Past? It’s only two issues too, a nice little self-contained story by Chris Claremont and John Byrne in Uncanny X-Men #141-142 (but we talked about the whole trade which contains #138-143).

Then we continue our long read of Knightfall with Chapter 14 in Showcase’93 #8, in which Two-Face holds a legally accurate mock trial.

MP3: https://tinyurl.com/ycx6ue7d

Next Time: Spider-Gwen (2015) #1-5